Reporters Without Borders (RSF) have released their annual report on Press Freedom, citing a “dramatic deterioration” in press freedom globally, during the pandemic, citing THREE TIMES more arrests & attacks in Africa. It accused the EFF & ANC regime in South Africa of abusing Apartheid-era legislation and terrorism laws to limit coverage of government institutions, falsely claiming “national interest” to be at risk. The report says ANC state security agencies spy on some journalists and tap their phones, while some are harassed and subjected to intimidation or smear campaigns if they try to cover certain subjects, involving the African National Congress regime (ANC), its government finances, the redistribution of white owned land without compensation to blacks or corruption.
Reporters Without Borders state that it is not unusual for journalists in South Africa, especially women journalists, to be mocked, insulted and even threatened on social media, sometimes by
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